Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
391. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be provided to Fingal County Council in order to fund housing adaptations grants that have been approved but unable to complete due to lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54259/12]
View answerExchequer allocations for 2012 totalling some €54.2 million were notified to local authorities in February 2012 in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. Of this, €1,657,892 was allocated to Fingal County Council and to date €1,387,654 has been recouped to the Council. Following a request for additional funding to be made available this year, my Department advised Fingal County Council on 26 October that, as a result of an under-spend by some local authorities of their grant allocations for 2012, a sum of €200,000 could be made available for spending on the grant schemes in the current year. I understand however that the council are not in a position to draw down the extra funding this year. In the case of necessary extensions and adaptations to the local authority’s social housing stock to meet the needs of tenants with a disability my Department allocated some €201,669 to Fingal County Council in respect of these works in 2012.
